Sacai’s Chitose Abe visited Hong Kong for the first time in five years last October. The designer is based in Tokyo and has been presenting in Paris since the brand’s inception; her brand is everywhere. But Hong Kong holds a special place in Abe’s heart, as the first market outside Japan to have a standalone Sacai boutique. “I just arrived yesterday. During the pandemic, we heard the market was a bit slow and quiet, so we were expecting that kind of atmosphere,” she says. “But I’ve been walking around and feeling the energy is very, very strong here. I was remembering the moment when I first came to Hong Kong; it’s a really energetic city.”
Visiting the store, which relocated from
